Wire TV

The daytime schedules consisted of talk-based Afternoon Live, quiz shows such as Lingo, soap operas and comedies.

Weekend schedules consisted 'best of' repeats and omnibus editions of weekday soaps, which included Richmond Hill, The Bold and the Beautiful and Santa Barbara.

As part of a revamp in 1994, Mike Morris and Georgey Spanswick went on the road in a bright yellow-liveried bus which was converted into an outside broadcast unit and toured the country, spending a week at a time in different cable franchise areas.

[3] Wire TV also bought the rights to screen Lennox Lewis' WBC title fights, Vauxhall Conference football and darts events featuring tournaments run by the BDO.

Consequently, Sportswire collapsed just days before its planned launch which meant that L!VE TV started as Mirror's sole television channel on 12 June 1995.